Roy’s mother, Mary, was a formidable woman in her own right. Her biggest achievements lay not just in what she did as a woman and educator, but in what she changed. Mary Roy challenged the Travancore ...
In her new book, the acclaimed author Arundhati Roy grapples with her complex relationship with her late mother, Mary Roy, a woman who she says "raged against the idea of motherhood." "She told me ...
September 18, 2003: Arundhati Roy discusses India’s dams with host Mishal Husain. Mishal Husain: Arundhati Roy, welcome to WIDE ANGLE. Arundhati Roy: Thank you. Mishal Husain: Now you’ve come to be ...
As India’s Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi stuns the country by deciding to turn down the post of prime minister we go to India to speak with acclaimed Indian author and activist about elections in ...
The distance between Arundhati Roy’s first book and the latest is a daughter’s six-decade journey to reach her mother. In The God of Small Things, Arundhati begins with a declaration that her mother ...
Twenty years ago, Indian writer Arundhati Roy published the groundbreaking novel “The God of Small Things.” It won the Booker Prize and catapulted Roy to international fame. But her readers have had ...